Fifth Annual Labor Relations Conference

Co-sponsored by the Arizona SHRM State Council

Speakers included:

• Robert J. Battista—NLRB Chairman
• Daniel G. Murphy—Corporate Counsel & Director of Labor Relations, Wackenhut Corp.
• Dennis Pittman—Director of Communications, Smithfield Foods

The following Steptoe attorneys spoke:

• Lawrence Katz
• Mark Kisicki
• Stephanie Quincy
• Steven Wheeless
• Alan Bayless-Feldman
• Thomas Stanek

Agenda

8:00 am - 8:45 am—Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:45 am - 8:50 am—Welcome by SHRM
8:50 am - 9:00 am—Introduction to Program
9:00 am - 9:45 am—Annual Review of Most Important NLRB Decisions
9:45 am - 10:15 am—Sorting Out Protected vs. Unprotected Activity Under the NLRA
10:15 am - 10:30 am—Break
10:30 am - 11:30 am—Responding to a Union Corporate Campaign
11:30 am - 12:00 pm—Legal Actions Against Unions: Defamation and Other Claims
12:00 pm- 1:00 pm—Luncheon Address: NLRB Chairman Robert J. Battista
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm—Modifying Employment Conditions During a Union Campaign
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm—Revisiting Employer Solicitation and E-Mail Policies
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm—Break
2:15 pm - 2:45 pm—Dealing With Union Salts in the Hiring Process and Beyond
2:45 pm - 3:45 pm—Labor Law 101: Break-Out Sessions

A. Basic NLRA Law for New Managers
B. How the NLRB Processes "R" and "C" Cases3:45 pm - 4:15 pm—Questions & Answers       

4:15 pm—Adjournment

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